Body Pain Disorders

Fibromyalgia Drug Alternatives

Date: Oct 7, 2015
Fibromyalgia Drug Alternatives Most patients with the severe pains of fibromyalgia consult medical doctors for help. Although many patients use chiropractors and other alternative approaches, most continue to use analgesics (pain medications) to get through the day. These drugs come in a wide variety and help with varying degrees of success, but ...
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Fibromyalgia Does Massage Help

Date: Oct 5, 2015
Fibromyalgia Does Massage Help? When looking at treating fibromyalgia, there is a range of natural alternatives to choose from. Most fibromyalgia patients use a variety of complementary and alternative approaches including vitamins/herbs, chiropractic, and massage. These are used in a complementary manner to pharmaceutical care, and for many patients, instead of ...
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How to Avoid GERD

Date: Oct 5, 2015
How to Avoid GERD What Most Doctors Might Not Tell You About Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) GERD or, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease is basically “heartburn.” This, of course, is NOT arising from the heart, but rather, usually from reflux of the stomach’s acidic contents into the esophagus (the tube that runs between the ...
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Chest Pain Chiropractic

Date: Oct 2, 2015
Chest Pain ChiropracticChiropractic and Chest Pain (Angina Pectoris) The term “angina pectoris” refers to chest pain. Angina is classified into three groups: 1. Stable angina (or, “effort angina”); 2. Unstable angina (“crescendo angina”); and 3. Microvascular angina (“syndrome X angina”). The 3rd type is caused by narrowing of the tiny blood ...
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Better Osteoporosis Exercise

Date: Sep 18, 2015
Better Osteoporosis Exercise Low-Load, High-Repetition Resistance Training Increases Bone Mineral Density. While previous research has shown high-load, low-repetition weight training can increase bone mineral density in physically unfit adults, many cannot maintain this sort of strenuous program. In this study, researchers sought to identify if a less strenuous low-load, high-repetition resistance training program could ...
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Heart Healthy Tips

Date: Aug 30, 2015
Heart Healthy Tips Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women, killing one million Americans every year, nearly half of these people will have no prior symptoms to their fatal heart attack. Risk factors were assessed in the populations of over 50 countries around the world and it ...
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